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Xorial 02-15-05, 09:32 PM	I havent worked out the particulars, but I've been toying around with an idea. I'm thinking of trying to combine Spellpoints with Recharge magic. The basic idea is that the spellcasting character uses spellpoints to cast spells, just as it says in Unearthed Arcana. The character would have a small number of spellpoints (havent figured out how many yet). Then he would recharge his points over time. As an idea, maybe he would have get spellpoints equal his Level * Stat Bonus. Example: 5th level wizard with an INT18 would have 20 spell points. The more I think of it, that may be too many, but that is why I have thrown the idea out. I hope somebody here may give me some good ideas.
Ra-Tiel 02-16-05, 05:46 AM	Hello Xoriat. Perhaps you could take a look at EverQuest d20? It has exactly the system you seem to be looking for. Each caster has a number of mana points equal to (casterlevel)*(casting ability mod)*2. The system has an additional skill called "Meditation" or so that is based on the primary casting ability. Each hour the caster recovers a number of mana points equal to his casting ability mod + his ranks in meditation if he really rests. If he does light activity, he gets half of that, or a quarter of it for heavy activity. After 8h of sleep/complete rest the pool is completely refreshed. Hope that helps. Just my :twocents: _Ra-Tiel.
srkingdavy 02-16-05, 05:58 AM	have you read the variant spellpoints system in Unearthed Arcana? It basically says that spellpoints are linked to fatigue, and getting rid of fatigue renews spellpoints. It's a bit overpowered in my opinion, but if the max number of spellpoints were reduced I could see it working.
Thelon Fairblade 02-16-05, 10:18 AM	My first ruling on spellpoints and fatigue was to unlink them when resting - spending spellspoints causes fatigue, but removing fatigue doesn't restore them. Otherwise those last few that cause Exhaustion come back every hour; and you can get 50% of your spel points back with a Lesser Restoration. My second idea, though, was to divorce the spellpoints from the fatigue, and make spell *casting* tiring. You still have spellpoints, but each spell now has a Fort save of DC 10 + spell level, or suffer Fatigue for 1 round per spell level (no fatigue from cantrips, or you wouldn't have "graduated" from apprenticehood). if you get fatigued while fatigued, you are exhausted for 1 *minute* per spell level; fatigue + exhausted = unconscious for 10 minutes.
Xorial 02-16-05, 11:29 AM	Ra-Tiel, I have seen that system, but I dont want it to be an all day thing. Mainly looking at recovering points at a speed comperable to the recharge magic rate. Someting that takes place in a number of rounds, or such. Maybe the character gets his level + casting ability mod as a total for fully charged. That would be a little more than normal for first levels, but you would have to do some planning at higher levels as to what you cast & when. Give Sorcerers a faster rcharge rate than wizards & such. The idea may not be workable, but it is something I've been toying around with. srkingdavy, I really dont like the mechanic of the fatigue magic system. I understand the idea, but something in those rules, that I cant put a finger on right now, just doesnt sit well with me.